Combination table and receptacle



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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27, 1920 Patented May 25, 1920.

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COMBINATION TABLE AND RECEPTAGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 25, 1920.

Application filed February 27, 1920. Serial No. 361,823.

'1 b all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN Sense and Axnnnw SnMKo, citizens of Czecho-Slovakia, residing at Kingston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Tables and Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a combined table and receptacle wherein the legs of the table are adapted to be folded to a position to lie adjacent the table top and within the depending side boards of the table, the table top being hinged transversely with the op posite sections folded upon each other and with the depending side boards of each section moved into engagement to form a receptacle.

With the aboveand other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a combined table and receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention, the device being set up in table formation,

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional. view of the table shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view, showing the hook connection between the two sections of the table top for maintaining the table top sections locked in alinement,

Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of one of the table top sections showing the manner of locking the legs in vertical supporting positions,

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view, partially broken away of the table with the legs folded within the depending side boards of the table,

Fig. 6 is aside elevational view of the table collapsed and folded to receptacle formation,

Fig. 7 is an end elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 6,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view 1 of a portion of the table showing the hinged connection between one of the legs and the table top and Fig. 9 is a similar perspective view show locked relative to the table top to provide a rigid construction. of table. The device embodies two hinged sections with the sections adapted to be folded upon each other so that the lower edges of the side boards are moved into contact to provide a receptacle within the side boards, the legs being foldable to positions adjacent the table top and locked together to prevent further movement while a lock device. maintains the hinged sections in a folded position and in a receptacle formation.

Describing the invention more in detail, there is provided a table embodying a top formed of two sections 10 having depending side and end boards 11: and 12 respectively with the lower edges of the end boards 12 hinged together as at 13. In order to maintain the table top sections 10 in alinement as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the upper edges of the end boards 12 are cut away as at 14, as shown in Fig. 3 with a latch 15 hinged in the cut away portion 14 to one of the end boards 13 with the hook end thereof adapted to engage the pin 16 provided in the cut away portion of the opposed end board 12, a latch 15 being provided at each end of the table and having a depending lip projection 15' manipulating the same. As shown in Fig. 2, inwardly positioned depending boards 17 are connected to the end boards 12 and are coextensive with the de pending side boards 11 for purposes presently to appear.

Supporting legs are carried by each of the sections 10, the mounting of the legs being of different construction to permit the legs to be folded to a position adjacent the underside of the table top and within the side and end boards 11 and 12. One of the table legs is shown in Fig. 8 and embodies a mounting block 18 secured to the inner face of the end board 12 and carries the spaced lugs 19 between whiclrthe link 20 is pivoted at one end, the opposite end of the link having pivoted thereto at right angles to the link pivot with the lugs 19, the upper end of the table leg 21. In the position shown in Fig. 8, the link 20 is moved upon its pivotal. connection with the lugs 19 to lie adjacent the mounting'block 18 with the leg 21 engaging the mounting block and the side board 11. A hinged wedge block 22 is carried by the side board 11 and is adapted to be moved into wedging contact with the adjacent side of the table leg 21 to lock the same in its set up position perpendicularly to the table top 10 as shown in Fig. 8. The companion leg 23 carried by the same sectien as the leg 21 embodies a mounting block 24 carrying pivotal lugs 25 between which the inner end of the leg 23 is pivotally mounted, a swinging wed e block 26 being pivoted to the side board 11 and adapted for wedging contact with the adjacent face of the leg 23 to hold the same in the position illustrated in Fig. 9.

With the construction above described, the legs 21 and 23 carried by each of the sections 10 are maintained perpendicular relative to the table top sections by the wedge blocks 22 and 26 while the table sections 10 are locked in alinement as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by the hinged clasps 15, thus providing a rigid construction of table with the legs solidly supporting the table top sections.

lVhen it is desired to collapse the table legs and to fold the table top sections into the receptacle formation shown in Figs. 5,

6, and 7, the wedge blocks 22 are moved to disengaging position relative to the legs'21 to permit the leg supporting links 20 to move upon their pivotal connections with the supporting lugs 19 with a. subsequent folding of the legs 21 upon their connection with the links 20 to lie adjacent the underside of the table top sections 10. The wedge blocks 26 are then moved to permit the opposite legs 23 to move upon their hinge connection 25 with the table top so that the legs 23 "overlie the legs 21, the same being locked together by the hooks 2r carried by the legs 23 engaging the eyes 21 carried by the legs 21, such connection being clearly shown ,in Figs. 5, 8' and 9. The clasps 15 are then moved to be disengaged from the pins 16 at which time the'end boards 12 and table top sections 10 carried thereby are permitted to move upon the hinges 13 connecting the table sections, the two sections being loldcd upon each other so that the lower edges oi. the side and end boards 11 and 12 contact each other as shown in Figs. 6 and T. .L lock 27 secures the side boards 11 in locked engagement with each other while hinged handles 28 normally countersunk within opposite end boards 12 may be released from the catch 28 to be moved outwardly as shown in Fig. (3 for purposes of transporting the folded table. The table when in this formation can be employed as a trunk or like receptacle while the depending boards 17 being coextensive with the side boards 11 constitute a complete closure for the table receptacle. With the device sct up in table :"ormation, the handlcs 28 are moved into their companion recesses in the end boards 12 and retained therein by the clasps 28.

While the present disclosure is believed to be a preferable embodiment of the invention. it is to be understood that changes in details of construction are contemplated as will fall within the scope oi": the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A combined hinged table and receptacle embodying two table top sections having depending side and end boards, foldable legs carriedby each section and adapted to be moved within the side and end boards with said boards contacting at their lower edges when the table sections are folded, one leg of each section embodying a link incinher having the pivots at the opposite ends thereof extending at rightangles to each other.

2. A combined table and receptacle em bodying hinged table sections each having depending side and end hoards. means carried by the end boards for holding the table sections alinech supporting legs hinged to each section adapted to be folded to a point within the depending side and end boards, the hinged connection oi one leg of ca -la table section embodying a. link member adapted to assume a different position when the log.) are folded. and central boards de pending from the table top sections at cacl. side of the hinge connection cooperating with the side and end boards to form a c osure.

In testimony whereot we allix our signa tures.

ANDREW H El K! i.

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